The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a social uprising that unfolded in two phases, the first in February and the other in October. The day after the Revolution was the bloody Russian Civil War with an estimated death toll of between 5 and 12 million people. The working class andRead More →
World War I saw empires collapse, and among these was the Russian empire of Tsar Nicholas II. When Nicholas declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary in July 1914, he was the absolute ruler of a kingdom of nearly 150 million people stretching from central Europe to the Pacific and theRead More →
Seeing the attempted overthrow of our government on January 6, I was appalled at the parallels to the Russian Revolution of February 1917. I taught Russian and Soviet history in the Russian Studies and International Relations programs in Bucknell for 20 years and I was surprised to see the parallelsRead More →
In November 1917, the Russian Civil War broke out as several factions vied for the power to determine the country’s political future. The Bolshevik Socialist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, had overthrown the provisional government as different groups fought for control. The two largest groups involved in the fighting wereRead More →
On this day in history, March 8, 1917, the first phase of the Russian Revolution began in present-day St. Petersburg. The March Revolution (sometimes referred to as the February Revolution due to the country’s Julian calendar) saw many protests against the Tsarist regime due to the lack of food. ForRead More →
Contents When was the Russian Revolution? Russian Revolution of 1905 Nicholas II Rasputin and the Tsarina February Revolution bolshevik revolution Russian Civil War Impact of the Russian Revolution Sources PHOTO GALLERIES The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. The violentRead More →
This article is part of our series of explanations of the key moments of the last 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event unfolded, its impact then, and its relevance to politics today. To most people the term “Russian Revolution” conjuresRead More →
Getty Images A boy in Moscow waves a Communist flag at a rally to mark the 100th anniversary of the October 1917 revolution This month the world remembers the 100 years since the Russian revolutions of 1917. The revolutions in Russia are incredibly important historical events. They marked the startRead More →
CENTENARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:00 AM Last update on: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 1:06 PM Bolshevik (1920), by Boris Koustodiev “> Bolshevik (1920), by Boris Koustodiev On November 2, 1977, as the sixtieth anniversary of the Russian Revolution approached, French historian Georges Haupt delivered aRead More →
As Hasegawa notes in his fascinating book, approaches to the history of the October 1917 revolution in Russia have evolved over time. Social history eventually supplanted political history, but then gave way to history “across the divide”, which welds the events that took place before and after the revolution. HasegawaRead More →
Drafts of the letter of abdication from the last Russian tsar, painted portraits of Russian rulers of the 18th and 19th centuries, photographs of massive street protests in Petrograd and Moscow in 1917, and early-era propaganda posters Soviet – these are just a few of the artifacts on display atRead More →
A group of political radicals took the reins of power in post-tsarist Russia a century ago this week, installing Vladimir Lenin as their first leader and bringing into play some of the forces that made the 20th century the bloodiest in history. history of mankind. It is hard, in fact,Read More →
The Russian Revolution began on November 7, 1917, when the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and seized power. They declared the foundation of the socialist Soviet republic, led by Vladimir Lenin. News of their victory spread like wildfire, inspiring liberation movements elsewhere, particularly in Africa. National resistance to British colonialRead More →
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin stayed away from events marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday, a world-changing event but one that has awkward associations for the former KGB agent who was trained to contain dissent, not to celebrate it. In Soviet times, missile launchers rumbled across RedRead More →
Rallies draped in red flags in Moscow marked the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution on Tuesday. But despite the protests, past crimes and faded memories have left some Russians ambivalent about the centenary. November 7 is the centenary of the second of two 1917 revolutions, called the Bolshevik Movement,Read More →
The Bolsheviks had a battery of powerful leaders, but the most notable were Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – Lenin as he is better known – Joseph Stalin, and for a time Leon Trotsky. Three key Russian revolutionary leaders were Vladimir Lenin (right), Leon Trotsky (center) and Joseph Stalin (left), in thisRead More →
MOSCOW — Tuesday marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, one of the most important political events of the 20th century. Yet President Vladimir Putin’s government barely acknowledges this – apparently because anything to do with “revolution” hits too close to home. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin hadRead More →
“The main operations began at 2 a.m.,” wrote Leon Trotsky in his History of the Russian Revolution. “Bolshevik groups occupied the railway stations, the lighting station, the military and food warehouses, the water systems, the Palace bridge, the telephone exchange, the state bank, the main printing works, the telegraph andRead More →
A century after the Russian Revolution, the influence of its leader Vladimir Lenin has faded but his image remains on monuments built across the former Soviet Union as part of a personality cult. Lenin was born in 1870 and became one of the most important leaders of the 20th centuryRead More →
Should the Russian Revolution be remembered as one of the great turning points in history or should it be “relegated to the dustbin of history” since the new nation it created, the Soviet Union , no longer exists ? This month is the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution (whichRead More →
‘Freedom in capitalist society still remains much the same as in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for slave owners. – Vladimir Lenin One hundred years ago, the 24 October 1917 (November in today’s calendar), the disgruntled peasants, working class and soldiers of Russia overthrew the centuries-old system of Tsarist rule.Read More →
One hundred years ago, on November 7 (October 25 according to the Russian calendar), 1917, Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian government and established a communist dictatorship. The world has never been the same since. Of all the legacies left in the wake of the revolution, the worst is aRead More →
Exactly one hundred years ago today, on the evening of October 25, 1917, the Winter Palace in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) was stormed. This event marked the start of the Great October Revolution, one of the most important political events of the 20th century that shaped the course of historyRead More →
“A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” Vladimir Lenin’s words still resonate 100 years after the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Belief in communism (socialism) was the lie first perpetrated by Karl Marx in the 19th century, culminating in the Bolshevik Revolution, from St Petersburg, Russia. KarlRead More →
Share this Item You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International License. One hundred years ago, the Russian Revolution overthrew the Russian Empire, ending nearly two centuries of monarchical rule. You may remember from history class that the upheaval came in two parts: the February RevolutionRead More →